Deaths and Funerals Fr Halpin Remembered in Mass
A solemn requiem Mass was sung for Fr John Halpin former pastor of St Francis de Sales in a 11 am service at St Francis de Sales Church with Fr Thomas L Kerrigan celebrating and Fr Edward Burley assisting. He died Monday in Ireland after a Sunday heart attack at age 69 born 1896 in County Limerick and served in the Beckley area since 1933 including building and dedicating St Francis de Sales Church. He leaves a brother William of Washington DC and several siblings in Ireland and relatives. burial will be in Ireland. Evans Funeral Home Oceana.
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St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
St. Francis de Sales Church
Thomas L. Kerrigan
Edward Burley
Father Halpin
Ireland
County Limerick
St. John’s Catholic Church
Wellsburg
Beckley
United States
Wheeling
St. Clare’s
Doddridge County
John P. Holzmer
Notre Dame
William
Washington
D. C
Robert Clement and John Mays Obituaries Rendered in One Notice
Robert Clement of Columbus and Beckley die after long illness at home. Funeral services for John Thomas Mays of Beckley will be held at Peters town Methodist Church with Rev. Richard Carpenter officiating. Mays, born November 23 1940 in Pearlsburg Va, died after a two car collision near Lewisburg. He worked as an X ray technician for the U.S. Government and belonged to Methodist Temple In Peterstown. He is survived by his mother Mrs Frances Witt Mays Beckley and siblings Daniel Harry Rosemary and others including a maternal grandmother Mrs Joe Dews. Friends may call at Rose and Quesenberry and the body will be moved to William Broyles Funeral Home in Peterstown. Pallbearers listed.
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John Thomas Mays
Meadows Court
Peterstown Methodist Church
Richard Carpenter
Mays
Ronceverte Hospital
U.S. 219
U.S. 6
Lewisburg
Pearlsburg
Frances Witt Mays
Beckley
H. R. Mays
United States
Methodist Temple
Daniel
Harry
Rosemary
Joe Dews
Indian Mills
Rose and Quesenberry
William Broyles
Peterstown
Donald Rassmusen
H. A. Wyells
Eric Muman
James Penn
Taylor Emery Jr
Ernest Comple
Joe Ceahill
Bill O'Neal
Raymond Snowden rites set in Mount Tabor Church
Funeral services for Raymond C. Snowden 56 of Chicago formerly Reed will be held at 2 pm Thursday at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with Rev. O C Landrum and Rev. Albert Ostrander officiating. Burial in Caffee Cemetery. He died Saturday evening at a Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness. The body remains at Caffee Funeral Home until an hour before services. Friends may call after 4 pm today.
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Raymond C. Snowden
Chicago
Reed
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
O. C. Landrum
Albert Ostrander
Caffee
Mount Tabor
Veteran's Administration
Caffee Funeral Home
Funeral rites for Earl H Murphey in Mabscott
Earl H. Murphy 42 of Mabscott will have funeral services at 2 p m at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Everette W. Powers officiating. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery. State Police say he died Saturday night on the West Virginia Turnpike from a self inflicted bullet wound after walking onto the toll road near Mabscott underpass. Pallbearers include Sterling Lewis L A Wickline Freddy Jenkins Aiden Guroe Frank Rakes Mack Halsey and Robert Cook. Military rites will be given at the graveside by servicemen from Guthrie Air Force Base near Charleston.
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Earl H. Murphy
Mabscott
Keyser
James Meadows 82 Funeral Services in Abraham
Funeral services for James Albert Meadows 82 of Abraham are set for 2 p m Thursday at the Freewill Baptist Church of Abraham with Rev Harold Underwood officiating. Burial will follow in Goodson's Cemetery. He died Sunday evening at his stepson Paul Bragg's Cleveland home after a long illness. body came from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the residence Wednesday at 2 p.m.
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James Albert Meadows
Abraham
Freewill Baptist Church of Abraham
Harold Underwood
Goodson
Meadows
Paul Bragg
Cleveland
Rose and Quesenberry
Mrs Eliza Wilborne Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Eliza Wilborne 78 of Greentown died at 7 40 am Monday at Oak Hill Hospital after a long illness She was born May 24 1886 in Clover Va a daughter of the late Aaron and Jenny Green She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Greentown Surviving are six sons Aaron Wilborne Cleveland Howard and Robert Wilborne Los Angeles Charles Henry Arthur and Fred Wilborne Greentown four daughters Irene Berkley Bernice Wilborne Henrietta Organ and Maxine Moore two brothers Tom and Willie Green Clover Va 27 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Eliza Wilborne
Greentown
Oak Hill
Clover
Wilborne
Aaron
Jenny Green
First Baptist Church of
Aaron Wilborne
Cleveland
Howard
Robert Wilborne
Los Angeles
Charles Henry
Arthur
Fred Wilborne
Irene Berkley
Bernice Wilborne
Henrietta Organ
Maxine Moore
Columbus
Tom
Willie Green
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Tom Walker Services Held at To neda Baptist Church
Tom Walker 62 of Oceana died at Weston hospital and will be laid to rest after services at 10 a.m. Wednesday at To neda Baptist Church with Rev. Vern Cook and Rev. Wayne Rollings officiating. Burial is in the family cemetery at Hatcher. He was born February 10, 1903, son of W. S. and Minerva Milam Walker. Survived by his wife Elna and two sons.
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Tom Walker
Oceana
Toneda Baptist Church
Vern Cook
Wayne Rollings
Hatcher
Walker
Weston
W. S
Minerva Milam Walker
Elna Walker
Infants of Blaine and Blaine Sisson Die at Birth
Graveside rites were held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Sunset Memorial Park for twin infant sons of Mr and Mrs Blaine Sisson of MacArthur. The infants died at birth in a local hospital Saturday. Webb and Neal Funeral Home arranged the services.
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Sunset Memorial Park
Blaine Sisson
MacArthur
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Burl Sevey services announced for Beaver man
Burl Sevey 60 Beaver Pa formerly offico died Sunday at his home of a heart attack. He was owner operator of a store in Beaver and a member of the Presbyterian church. Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday in Beaver. He was a brother of Mrs J L Summerfield Route 1 Fayetteville.
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Burl Sevey
Beaver
Offico
Sevey
J. L. Summerfield
Fayetteville
The
Presbyterian Church
RNS
Mrs Annie Hart 80 Dies After Illness in Montgomery
Mrs Annie Hart 80 lifelong Fayetteville resident dies Monday in a Montgomery hospital after a long illness. She was a member of Second Baptist Church. Survived by son Robert Minor and daughter Frances Crosby of Fayetteville and sister Nettie Washington. Body at Dodd Payne Funeral Home in Fayetteville.
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Annie Hart
Fayetteville
Montgomery
Second Baptist Church
Robert Minor
Frances Crosby
Nettie Washington
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Funeral rites for Emmett Wheeler in Greentown
Emmett Wheeler 74 of Thurmond dies after long illness in Hilltop nursing home. Rites set for 2 p m Wednesday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Greentown officiated by Rev A L Simms. Burial in Clearmont Cemetery Fayette County.
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Emmett Wheeler
Thurmond
Ritchie and Johnson
Greentown
A. L. Simms
Clearmont
Fayette County
Wheeler
Mrs Nannie Foster Dies At 71 In Glen White
Mrs. Nannie Foster 71 of Glen White died in a local hospital at 12:35 a.m. today. The body lies in state at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Nannie Foster
Glen White
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Legislature probes tax reciprocity and Senate readings
Legislature would grant personal income tax reciprocity to non residents whose state would grant the same to West Virginia. Three other bills are on second reading in the Senate, including a House passed bill providing stiffer penalties for cruelty to children. The House meets at 2 o'clock today and the Senate one half hour earlier.
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West Virginia
Senate
House
Husband questions wife note before her death in California
In San Leandro James Urgolites asked his wife Eugenia what she meant by the words Goodbye God bless you on a paper Sunday. She replied I am just fooling around with a pencil. Mrs Urgolites, 40, was found dead Monday with a plastic bag over her head.
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San Leandro
Calif
UPI
James Urgolites
Eugenia
Becket Tops Best Motion Picture Drama Globe
Actor Peter OToole won for a dramatic role in Becket which also earned best motion picture drama. Co star Richard Burton joined OToole in the film. Edmond OBrien was named best supporting actor for Seven Days in May and Agnes Moorehead won best supporting actress for Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte.
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Becket
O’toole
Richard Burton
Edmond O’brien
Agenes Moorehead
Charlotte
USW Voting Under Way in Steelworkers Election
Nearly one million USW members in the United States and Canada vote by secret ballot for president. Incumbent David J. McDonald and I. W. Abel lead a bitter campaign as polls open with East coast workers voting overnight and officials banking near full participation. McDonald cites a 2 to 1 to 3 to 1 edge. Abel predicts about a 200000 vote victory.
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Pittsburgh
UPN
United States
Canada
United Steelworkers of America
USW
David J. McDonald
I. W. Abel
International
Steel
Philadelphia
McDonald
Philip Murray
Abel
Rainy winter storm grips nation from Texas to Maine
Widespread rain sleet and snow shrouded the nation today from Texas to Maine with thunder storms in the Deep South and wet conditions across 26 states. Eight Northwest states faced gales as Midland and Amarillo recorded an inch of snow. Hazardous driving rose in Kansas and northern Missouri while ice jams loosened on the Allegheny River lowering flood threats near Oil City Pennsylvania.
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United Press International
Texas
Maine
Gulf
Deep South
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Midland
Amarillo
Tex
Kansas
Missouri
Allegheny River
Oil City
Recall of past life? Fritz to face hospital tests
Omaha TV personality John Fritz Johnson, believed to be dead Ohio man Lawrence Joseph Bader since 1957, will undergo exhaustive medical tests after evidence linked him to Bader. He denies recollection of Bader or his wife Mary Lou. Johnson plans to stay with current wife and two children. Chicago meeting with Bader family discussed.
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Omaha
Neb
UPI
John
Fritz) Johnson
Ohio
Johnson
Fritz
Lawrence Joseph Bader
Akron
Bader
Lake Erie
KETV
Nancy Zimmer
Chicago
Mary Lou Bader
Harry Farnham
Farnham
Gl Bill Coverage For Cold War Vets Urged
Sen Jennings Randolph urged extending the G L Bill of rights benefits to Cold War veterans at a Senate Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing. He argued it would aid veterans and support national economic and social well being, noting discrimination against Cold War veterans cannot be justified. The benefits covered education vocational training and home loans for World War II and Korean conflict veterans, cut off after January 1 1955.
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Washington
UPI
Jennings Randolph
Senate Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
Randolph
MLK Speech At Alabama Rally Revisits Civil Rights Roots
Montgomery report notes Nobel laureate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr addressing a pre-protest march gathering at the small Alabama church where his early civil rights work began. He says he is delighted to be home and not an outside agitator. Also, a Peking dispatch quotes the Chinese government warning the United States against expanding the war in Indochina with threats of heavy retaliation.
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Montgomery
Martin Luther King
Alabama Chuch
Peking
Peking Peoples Daily
United States
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Far East
Coast Guard recounts crash scene with eight aboard
Coast Guards aboard the cutter Mackinac described the Eastern Air Lines crash site as a war scene with bits and pieces of bodies scattered around. The aircraft went down with eight people on board.
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New York
Civil Rights Campaign Moves To Montgomery
Civil rights efforts shift to Montgomery Alabama with King leading a courthouse march after a rally at the red brick church. Arrests rise in Selma and Marion as about 3 400 have been fined for violating a court order around the courthouse. A Mississippi restaurant chain owner admits policy against serving Negroes remains in force. A federal grand jury in Mississippi may reconvene over last month’s civil rights workers killings. In Georgia 120 Black students press to enter a white high school, awaiting school board action.
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United Press International
Martin Luther King
Alabama
Montgomery
Confederacy
Selma
Marion
Ala
King
Red Brick
Church
Jackson
Miss
Kenneth Primos
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Primos
Federal Grand Jury
Moultrie
Congress Eyes Gold Measure for Bank Deposits
Washington action centers on Johnson’s proposal to ease gold backing rules for deposits, freeing about 5 billion in U S gold by removing 25 percent backing. House debate limited to four hours with amendments allowed as Republicans call the move railroaded.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Rules Committee
House Banking Committee
U.S
Federal Reserve
Burt L. Talcott
Calif
Birch F. Bayh Jr
D . Ind
House Judiciary Committee
Bayh
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
House Banking and Currency Committee
W. Willard Wirtz
President Johnson
Senate Employment and Manpower Subcommittee
West Virginia groups debate drug control bill
Mullins said the bill would penalize manufacture and sale of dangerous drugs and require seizure of illicit meds. Herbert Traubert will represent the board with the Pharmaceutical Association of West Virginia, while John T. Kelly will speak for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association. The State Hospital and State Nurses Associations may oppose or support parts of the measure, with positions undecided.
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Mullins
Herbert Traubert
Pharmaceutical Association of West Virginia
John T. Kelly
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
State Hospital Association
State Nurses Association
North Viet Nam vows defense push after strikes
Viet Nam declared it would take further measures to safeguard security and strengthen North Viet Nam's defense. Hanoi protested air strikes as serious acts of war and sent a protest to the International Control Commission. The political arm of the guerrilla movement pledged more attacks on U S bases as President Johnson warned the Communist world not to miscalculate American resolve in South Viet Nam, saying the United States was prepared to pay any price to preserve freedom.
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United States
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
International Control Commission
Indochina
U.S
Washington
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Charities Under Fire in Treasury Report
Treasury Department study of about 1300 private foundations in 1962 found many act responsibly but noted serious abuses in a minority. It cited foundations with extensive business holdings, urged Congress to curb investment activities and tighten restrictions. The report valued private foundation assets at 16.3 billion dollars and covered activities across manufacturing real estate and retail sectors.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury Department
Congress
Ing
Dairies
Board Election Could Break Y Segregation
BLUEFIELD UP I The YM YWCA board plans a special meeting to elect two new members after two vacancies arose by death and term expiration The board is split on integration since John Magann died leaving two years The outcome may affect the plan for a statewide civil rights march scheduled Saturday NAACP state youth leader John Nettles sought a parade permit city manager Whittle would issue Police expect about 35 state officers to be dispatched Business leaders weigh offering hospitality coffee and doughnuts to marchers amid fears of publicity
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Bluefield
UPI
Ym-Ywca
John Shott
Shott
John Magann
Randolph G. Whittle Jr
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
John Nettles
NAACP
C. Anderson Davis
Nettles
Statehouse
Charleston
Smith Approves Training Grant in Kanawha County
Gov Hulett Smith approves a $280000 federal grant from the Neighborhood Youth Corps to fund a Kanawha County Work-Training Program. The project aims to keep low income youths in school by providing part time jobs totaling up to 15 hours per week at $1.25 per hour, with a total program cost of $322000 and positions for 522 boys and 368 girls.
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Charleston
Apt
Hulett Smith
Kanawha County
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Department of Labor
Autopsy Set On Body Found In Ohio River
In New Cumberland, an autopsy is planned to determine the death cause of a decomposed woman’s body pulled from the Ohio River Monday evening. Hancock County deputies review missing person reports to identify the woman, whose age is hard to determine after possibly two months in water. Workmen at the Crescent Brickyard spotted the body, and deputies recovered it.
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NEW Cumberland
UPI
Ohio
Hancock County
Crescent
Hancock Sheriff's
President renews pledge on no talks with Hanoi until Viet Cong end attacks
Ground rules are of the more nervous Al es. But the President has renewed his pledge not to enter any negotiations until the Hanoi regime ends its support and encouragement of the Viet Cong and the guerrillas themselves cease attacks. The growing impression that Washington was seeking a "way out" has subsided.
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Hanoi
Washington
United Nations Talks Face Possible New Working Group
Secretary General Thant proposed strengthening the 21 nation working group that has struggled for two years over the UN financial dispute or forming a new group. Soviet objections focus on the original group’s composition which includes many nations favorable to the U.S. position.
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Initely
Thant
Plane Crash Off Long Island Ends in No Survivors
The DC7B crash three miles off Long Island’s southern shore killed all aboard. FAA preliminary report cites normal takeoff in clear weather. Rescue effort by NY area resources entered dawn, with planes, Coast Guard, and searchlights combing 65 foot waters for survivors. winds, haze, and choppy seas hampered night searches.
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New York Area
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Air Canada
Pan American
Air National Guard
Jones Beach Coast Guard
Robert Marshall
Long Island
New York City
Probers Prepare Written Queries For Jenkins
Senate investigators plan written questions for Walter Jenkins in the Bobby Baker probe, after deciding that calling him to testify could threaten his health. Committee chairman B Everett Jordan said two staffers will draft the questions for Wednesday submission to Jenkins, who resigned after morals arrests and has been in psychiatric treatment. The panel voted 8-1 to opt for written queries rather than a live appearance, with psychiatrists testifying that summoning Jenkins could endanger his life.
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Jenkins
Johnson
White House
Jordan
Great new taste from Half and Half Filter Cigarettes
Promotes Half and Half Filter Cigarettes with claim of pleasing aromas and great new taste. Endorses America widely praised pipe tobacco blend as the secret behind the product’s flavor.
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America
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